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Who became the first female rabbi in the u.S. And the second in the world when she was ordained in cincinnati in 1972?

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Sally Jane Priesand

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Sally Jane Priesand became America's first female rabbi. She was ordained by a rabbinical seminary in Cincinnati on June 3, 1972. Sally became the second formally ordained female rabbi after Regina Jonas in the entire Jewish history as well as the first to be ordained in United States.

Sally's historic appointment as rabbi reflects blend of "equality of women" and "modernity" in Judaism.

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